Palsys With Palsies

About Palsys With Palsies

Justin Hancock and Bekah Maren Anderson, two disabled faith leaders and activists, explore disability, queerness, and advocacy through humor, compassion, and deep thought. With wide ranging conversations on everything from advocacy in a changing world, to the therapeutic qualities of broadway musicals, Bekah and Justin showcase the complexity, beauty, and creativity of intersectional, disability life. Justin experiences day-to-day life with Cerebral Palsy, and Bekah brings her perspective as a blind queer woman.

Publisher

Rebecca Mitts, Justin Hancock

Category

comedy · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

24 Feb 2021

Latest episode

2 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

148 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Oct 2026

   Rearranging the furniture and other disability nightmares

   In this week's conversation Justin and Bekah discuss the underexamined and often overlooked challenges disabled people face when the layout of a space runs contrary to their needs while they are in it. We hope you enjoy this conversation and that it makes you more aware the next time you rearrange your furniture.

2. 

   18 Sept 2026

   Help Me: The challenge of being disabled and when to ask for help

   In this week's episode, Justin and Bekah discuss the complex and confusing reality of being disabled, and knowing when and how to ask for assistance. It's an eye-opening conversation about a detail that not many people think about on a daily basis, but often shapes the way persons with disabilities live and plan their daily lives.

3. 

   4 Sept 2026

   poetry as protest, and memory.

   In this week episode, Justin and Bekah talked to poet activist and professor Taylor Carmen Savath about her new book of poetry. None of us are frights. This was an absolutely magical, powerful and thought-provoking conversation with some wild humor mixed in for fun. We really hope you enjoy.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

3.7 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

92

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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